SK pet torch

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Sizar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Go solo HS and tell me a pet is garbage...will soak every single HT you need and keep ticking

Indeed! I have two videos of me soloing in HS north with a pet:

https://youtu.be/yZjWT9dj2uI?si=T3gBg3YeGgbv2pnf

https://youtu.be/WmDvk3udrhI?si=aWCXWA7a0OTp-tuA

The level 58 pet is pretty good, and not that difficult to control if you park it.

I do think some of the lower level pets aren't great. If I remember right the level 39 pet in particular was quite underwhelming.

[Crede]

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Indeed! I have two videos of me soloing in HS north with a pet:

https://youtu.be/yZjWT9dj2uI?si=T3gBg3YeGgbv2pnf

https://youtu.be/WmDvk3udrhI?si=aWCXWA7a0OTp-tuA

The level 58 pet is pretty good, and not that difficult to control if you park it.

I do think some of the lower level pets aren't great. If I remember right the level 39 pet in particular was quite underwhelming.

The 39 max pet can dual wield with weapons. It’s nice to have but it wasn’t until the 52 pet that I really started to notice the difference. It’s an 8 level jump from the 49 pet and innate dual wield is nice too.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Crede [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The 39 max pet can dual wield with weapons. It’s nice to have but it wasn’t until the 52 pet that I really started to notice the difference. It’s an 8 level jump from the 49 pet and innate dual wield is nice too.

Yeah same. Don't get me wrong, if you are fear kiting at lower levels and can keep your pet alive, might as well use it.

I think the main issue with the 39 pet was the low level and the low HP. It would die pretty fast when fighting like level 35+ mobs if it ever got agro.

[Ripqozko]

i dont think its garbage i certainly used it, but it aint 1/3rd dmg lol

[tycohunden]

Seeing how the finest endevor a Shadowknight can adhere to in this rendition of the game is to be a dps check for dps class shitters, the cackling bones pet absoluely adds a dps or two but since having Avatar procced from the beginning of the fight has a much larger impacton the dps and how eye of zomm doesn’t stack with pet I’d have to confer the notion that the pet is useless and that if you don’t have beads(for the sole reason of proccing primal of) you’re not a Gentlekmight and a scholar and should simply stick to fearkiting ice giants for toes using blood ember pieces.
/nods crown

[Crede]

Originally Posted by tycohunden [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Seeing how the finest endevor a Shadowknight can adhere to in this rendition of the game is to be a dps check for dps class shitters, the cackling bones pet absoluely adds a dps or two but since having Avatar procced from the beginning of the fight has a much larger impacton the dps and how eye of zomm doesn’t stack with pet I’d have to confer the notion that the pet is useless and that if you don’t have beads(for the sole reason of proccing primal of) you’re not a Gentlekmight and a scholar and should simply stick to fearkiting ice giants for toes using blood ember pieces.
/nods crown

I have a hard time believing an avatar proc can out dps the max pet that can quad for 56 not to mention it also bashes, can eat your HTS for you and has over 1k hp. And lol @ beads like every sk is just running around with one. Still plenty of other ways to proc avatar that isn’t an eye.

But now I’m curious I can test this later.

[tycohunden]

Originally Posted by Crede [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a hard time believing an avatar proc can out dps the max pet that can quad for 56 not to mention it also bashes, can eat your HTS for you and has over 1k hp. And lol @ beads like every sk is just running around with one. Still plenty of other ways to proc avatar that isn’t an eye.

But now I’m curious I can test this later.

You have piqued this Scholarknight’s interest!

I haven’t found myself testing this theory of mine (Shrödingknight’s Pet) but my top dps on Vindi has been 83 dps(Miraculous number, never passed by anyone, clearly a world record) and the highest I’ve gotten with pet was 80. I might add that the per was incredbly buffed and that Avatar indeed procced within seconds of engaging the Vile Giant.
I simply think that the added time with the top dps weapon(Petrified Heartwood Flameberge) grants me more dps than the pet will.
I look forward to examining you findings fellow Scholarly Gentleknight.

[Snaggles]

I’m pretty sure the 58 sk pet doubles for a max of 47 and taps. Replace the MH with an argent defender or something and it will hit for 67 MH tops (47 offhand). Add a muzzle and it gets a bit better.

The issue with knights is without Avatar they are about 100 attack behind the other melee classes with their 225 attack weapon skills (SK has 215 piercing too). Avatar doesn’t turn them into a dps class but it closes the gap a lot, especially if that other class doesn’t have Avatar. I expect the baby pet would be closer to equal on lower level targets but those things hardly tickle Vindi.

I admit a Knight with a Tunare sword, avatar, and some AoB’s can parse very well. They just aren’t going to consistently beat dps classes with similar gear. They certainly will make bad monks and rogues look…well, bad.

Note: this assumes you have to pick one, to proc a primal on beads. In most situations if you can manage it, the pet is just extra dps. Not a ton, but it’s something. The less the gear the SK has, the more reason to use it. At least level 52+ when they aren’t horrid.

[IzHaN80]

I've been parsing my pet and max pet through the levels has been consistently dealing from 10% to 20%-25% damage in lots of fights without giving pet any cool weapon, imagine doing so....

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Treefall [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ain't no way I am going to take the time to RNG a max pet as an SK

With a mage focus item (https://wiki.project1999.com/Magician_Focus_Items), which any class can use from inventory, you don't lose any mana when you recast pet. That makes things a lot faster.

Still may not be worth the trouble, but .... maybe sometimes?